Photograph-mounting.



N0. 630,2!5. Patented Aug. I899. A. c. T. (moss.

PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTING.

(Application filed Feb. 24, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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PHOTOGRAPH-MOUNTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,215, dated August1, 1899. Application filed February 24,1899. Serial No. 706,642. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, AUGUST 0. THEODORE GROSS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPhotograph-Mountings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My invention has relation to photographmountings; and it consists in theconstruction hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a long-felt want, especially ofamateurs, for a mounting to which unmounted photographs may be readilyapplied without injuring the finish of the picture. In pasting theunmounted photograph to a cardboard mounting amateurs almost invariablyinjure the polish or burnishing previously given to the picture, evenwhen considerable care is exercised in applying the paste, or inmoistening the backs of photographsfhaving a prepared adhesive backing,which latter are considerably employed in amateur work. IVhere thesurface of a burnished or glazed unmounted photograph is rubbed orpressed with acloth, as is customary in ordinary mounting, the glaze orpolish will necessarily be more or less injured, and in order to securethe desired glaze or polish in this method of mounting the photographafter mounting should be burnished, and thus finished. If, however, theburnished unmounted photograph can be mounted without touching thefinished surface, as in the mounting of amateur photographs, a long-feltwant will be supplied. With this end in view I have provided a mountingby which the finished unmounted photograph can be readily applied inposition upon the mounting by any person without the exercise of skillor special care and without in any manner injuring the finish.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurelis a perspective view of myimproved mounting with the adhesive flap open, as before mounting. Fig.2 is a front View of the photograph mounted and in position.

A represents a mat or piece of cardboard with the central portion outout, so that a photograph of any desired size, preferably of standardsizes, may fit therein, allowing for a small margin of the unmountedphotograph to remain back of the inner edges of the opening. To the backof the mat is secured at one end a flap B, of fairly-stiff paper, uponthe inner surfaces of which, near the loose edges, is provided a coatingb, of gum or other adhesive material. In mounting the adhesive materialis moistened around the edges. The finished unmounted photograph is thenplaced in position facing outwardly, with the overlapping edges adjustedagainst the edges of the inner surface of the mat. The moistened gummededges are then pressed against the inner edges of the mat and the backof the overlapping margin of the picture, and the photograph thus issecurely and positively held in position,and thus neatly mounted withoutthe glazed or finished surface of the photograph being touched or in anymanner defaced or injured. The mounting is as satisfactory and completeas though the back of the unmounted picture were actually pasted to thebacking and the finish as fine as though subsequently burnished.

I am aware that albums and the like for photographs have been heretoforemade and used for preserving mounted photographs, which comprised acardboard frame usually bound in series, with a paper backing securedaround three edges, leaving an open mouth for the introduction of a cardor other mounted photograph and other such like constructions in whichtin-types have been secured upon cardboard mats. Such constructionscould not and do not answer the purposes of my invention, and Idistinctly disclaim the same.

My invention is a new article of manufacture for the purposeshereinbefore described. It is clear that the fiap B should besufficiently stiff to give rigidity and stiffness to the photographproper, and yet sufiiciently thin to cling and hold secure to thecardboard H around the photograph.

The surface of the cardboard may be ornamented, if desired, and theinneredges are preferably beveled. The mounting may be readily manufacturedin large quantities of desirable standard sizes and sold at a smallcost, thus supplying a long-felt want, especially of amateurs.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture a photo- 5 graphic mount comprising amat, a flap of approximately the size of said mat adapted thereto, alayer of adhesive material applied to the inner face of said flap at ornear the edges thereof having a central non-adhesive :0 portioncorresponding to the opening in the mat, said marginal layer of adhesivematerial arranged and adapted when moistened to engage only suchportions of the picture as extend beyond the opening in the mat and tounite the surrounding edges of the flap to the 15 mat, substantially asdescribed.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day ofFebruary, A. D. 1899.

' A. (J. THEODORE GROSS. Witnesses:

J. T. CROSS, FRANK D. GRAHAM.

